Comb.



PATENIED MAR. 8, 1904.

L. E. EDGAR.

COMB.

APPLICATION FILED 813F124, 1903 H MODEL.

No. 754,206. a

UNITED STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. I

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,206, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed September 24, 1903. Serial No. 174,413. (No model.)

To all whom it TT/Lbj/ concern:

Be it known that I, LOTTIE E. EDGAR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combs; and the object of the invention is to provide a comb by the aid of which the hair may be readily draped in such a manner as to produce what is commonly termed as a pomp and to effect this arrangement of the hair without the aid of what is generally termed in the art as a rat. I

Briefly described, the invention comprises a comb proper the teeth of which are adapted to engage in the hair of the wearer and on the top or back of which co'mb is placed a raised portion adapted to have the hair brought over the same in such a manner as to raise the hair at a point directly over the comb. The raised portion of the comb is preferably in the form of a roll, and I also prefer to cover this roll over with hair or other material in such a manner that where the comb is worn by persons not having a heavy head of hair the comb will still be hidden from exterior view.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a comb constructed in accordance with my invention, the covering of the raised portion being removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an underneath plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, showing the covering of hair or other desirable material.

Combs to be engaged in the hair on the top of the head are usually made in the arc of a circle, so as to fit and clamp the head of the wearer. My improved comb is adapted to be placed on the top of the head well toward the front, with the teeth 1 projecting forwardly, these teeth being in practice'generally made integral with the back 2 of the comb, and carried by this back is a raised portion, higher at its center than at its ends and over which the hair of the wearer is adapted to be placed. This raised portion in the present constructions I have shown as consisting of a roll 3, which isa continuation of the back 2, and said roll having a considerably-greater diameter as well as a considerably-greater width at its center than at its ends and being tapered gradually from the center to both ends. I prefer to provide this roll 3 with a covering 4, generally made of hair, and in order that this covering may be easily secured on the roll I may provide the said roll with openings 5 and 6, the latter located adjacent to the junction of the roll, with the back of the comb and the openings 5 located adjacent to the free edge of the roll. It will be evident, of course, that any other material may be used for a covering that may be desired; but it is preferable to use a covering of hair of the same shade as the hair in which the comb is to be used.

As at present practiced what is known as the pomp effect inthe hair is obtained by "the use of false hair, generally termed a. rat.

By the aid of my improved comb the hair may be drawn over the roll in such a manner as to produce the same pomp efiect without requiring the use of false hair in any manner whatever. The covering A placed on the roll prevents the comb being-seen from the exterior.

By reference to Fig. 4, which is a section through the center of the comb, it will be obvious that the comb cut in two halves may be used as a side comb for the draping of the hair at the sides of thehead in a similar manner to the pomp on the top of the head.

, Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a comb 5 having its back continued to form a roll, said roll being higher and Wider at its center than at its ends, and having its front edge free from contact with the comb proper, said free edge and the portion of the roll adjacent the comb proper being perforated, and a cover- 10 ing inclosing said roll and secured by its ends in'said openings. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOTTIE E. EDGAR. Witnesses:

A. M. WILSON, E. E. POTTER. 

